Bryans See Off Del Potro/Dimitrov

Aug102017

Fourth seeds join Peers/Kontinen in the quarter-finals

Five-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan are through to the quarter-finals but it’s Juan Martin del Potro who walks away with bragging rights for Hot Shot of the day in the men’s doubles at the Coupe Rogers. The Bryan brothers were on their way to a 6-3, 7-5 victory over the Argentine and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov when del Potro brought the Montreal crowd to its feet.

Trailing a set and with Mike Bryan serving to level at 2-2 in the second set, del Potro scrambled back to swat a flick lob on the run. When it narrowly sailed out of Mike’s reach to land in, Dimitrov raised his arms in jubilation as the Court 5 crowd duly responded.

On the run. His back to court.@delpotrojuan pulls off an INCREDIBLE shot…?#CoupeRogers pic.twitter.com/8Tcz7iyxGN

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 9, 2017

The Bryans had the last laugh, however, as their joined top seeds and last week’s Citi Open champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the quarter-finals. Kontinen and Peers downed Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 6-4, 7-5. Seventh seeds Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig also progressed. The Indian-Croatian pairing defeated Karen Khachanov and Dominic Thiem 7-6(3), 6-4.

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